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Nokia phone unveiled with new Windows

Associated Press photos
ABOVE: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, left, and Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop unveil the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820, Nokia’s first devices for Windows Phone 8, on Wednesday in New York.
RIGHT: Nokia revealed its first smartphones to run the next version of Windows, the Lumia 820 and 920. The Lumia 920 features a camera that Nokia says is able to take in five times more light than competing smartphones for sharp pictures in low light without flash.

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